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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19239, 1 August 1924, Page 8

A house, consisting of one room, which stands in two States, three counties, and four towns at one and the same time is the proud possession of a dance-hall proprietor in the U.S.A. This unique building stands on a tiny island on the borders of Vermont and Now Hampshire. Although the building was once used as a dwellinghouse, it is now given up entirely to dancing. Standing in the middle of the dance floor, the visitor finds himself in nine different places at once. Beneath his feet is the meeting-point of the boundaries of the two States, of the counties of Grafton, Caledonia, and Orange, and of four towns —Ryegate, Newbury, Bath, and Haverhill. Locally the place is known as “No Man’s Island,” and is very popular as a summer dancing pavilion. But the river is slowly eating its way into tire centre of the little island, and it seems likely that before long it will bore a way right through both islet and house. Meantime, the proprietor thanks his lucky stars that only .one of the towns, Haverhill, sends along the rate collector. Spain has recently made- America a present of a model of the Santa Maria, the ship in which Columbus sailed to America, and the gift recalls others given at various times by one country to another. Everybody has hoard of the famous Liberty Statue in New York. This was presented to America by France in 1884. Some years ago the French Government presented a Sevres vase to the British Museum. It is a magnificent specimen, and very valuable. Ancient weapons, such as guns,_ swords, and so on, are fairly common gifts from one country to another. That which is known as “Queen Elizabeth’s pocket pistol” was a gift to Great Britain from the Netherlands. It was cast as long ago as 1544. At a church lecture at Acton, a collection was taken in aid of ft fund to provide a •pale artificial leg lor a priest